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Trustee - Mission Aviation Fellowship UK

Employer
Trustees Unlimited
Location
Hybrid
Salary
Voluntary, Expenses Paid
Closing date
18 Jan 2025
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Job Details

MAF UK is looking to recruit four new trustees which will ensure that MAF UK remains true to its calling and is accountable to its stakeholders for its impact.

Candidates will need significant, extensive senior level experience within their area of expertise.

Who we are

MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) is a Christian organisation operating over 115 aircraft in 25+ countries, reaching 1,000 remote destinations. Overcoming derelict roads, natural disasters, and conflict, MAF transports food, medical supplies, aid workers, and missionaries to isolated communities. Each flight delivers practical help, spiritual hope, and physical healing to people for whom flying is a lifeline, not a luxury. MAF is flying for life.

The role

MAF UK is looking to recruit four new trustees which will ensure that MAF UK remains true to its calling and is accountable to its stakeholders for its impact.

Candidates will need significant and extensive senior level experience within a given area of expertise, (Finance, Fundraising, Legal, Missiology) including the ability to inform and review strategy development and thought leadership, be able to advise, shape plans, and offer new ideas and perspectives.

Key Responsibilities

While you will be responsible for championing and maintaining MAF UK’s Christian ethos and values while safeguarding its reputation, you will support in:

  • Setting or approving policies, plans and budgets to achieve MAF’s charitable objectives and monitoring performance against them.
  • Setting and maintaining a framework of delegation and internal controls.
  • Agreeing decisions on matters which might create significant risk to the organisation, financial or otherwise.
  • Actively contributing to the strategic direction of the charity and agreeing and evaluating performance.
  • Fulfilling the statutory responsibilities of a trustee as set out by the Charity Commission.
  • To ensure the solvency, financial resilience, effective administration, and good performance of the organisation

Commitment Requirement

Applicants are usually elected to the Board for an initial three-year term, with the possibility of renewal for two further three year terms and will be required to participate in:

  • Three Board meetings each year.
  • Annual Board of Trustees awayday each year for prayerful strategizing.
  • Membership and attendance of a subcommittee – up to three meetings a year.
  • One overseas project visit.
  • Ad-hoc advice may be sought between meetings

Essential Qualities

  • Significant and extensive senior level experience within a either Finance, Fundraising, Legal, or Missiology
  • Committed and mature Christian, able to demonstrate an understanding and acceptance of our Statement of Faith.
  • Can demonstrate a personal commitment to Jesus Christ, reflected in their devotional life and involvement in a Christian community, including an individual commitment to prayer and a willingness to uphold MAF’s local and global ministry in prayer.
  • Experience of making decisions in keeping with the teaching and ministry of Jesus.
  • Capable of analysing information, thinking creatively and, when necessary, challenging constructively.
  • Possess effective communication and presentation skills.

For full details please refer to: https://careers-mafuk.icims.com/jobs/1698/trustee/job

This position has an occupational requirement for the job holder to be a committed Christian who can affirm and adhere to our Statement of Faith.

Terms:

The role of Trustee is unpaid, but all reasonable travel, accommodation, subsistence and childcare expenses will be met.

Trustees are usually appointed for an initial term of three years, which may be renewed for a further two periods of up to three years each.

Applicants must be UK citizens or hold a valid permanent work permit for the UK and not be disqualified from being a trustee according to Charity Commission guidelines.

Closing date: Midday on Tuesday 28 February 2025.

Company

Trustees Unlimited is a trustee and Non-Executive Director recruitment specialist and offers a solution to the problem many organisations face - trying to recruit high quality trustees and non- executives in a rigorous and yet cost-effective way.

It is a joint venture between Bates Wells Braithwaite, pre-eminent charity sector solicitors, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and Russam GMS, leading interim management and executive search firm.

Established in 2009, Trustees Unlimited is one of the premier providers of trustee and non-executive recruitment, and through recruitment, training and mentoring has developed a unique offering that is helping many not-for-profit organisations strengthen their boards.

Whether it is a trustee for a charity, a director for a social enterprise or a volunteer to sit on an audit committee, Trustees Unlimited has unprecedented access to a large group of high calibre people who are actively looking for such roles: with a living database and a diverse network Trustees Unlimited is making a real difference in terms of helping boards become balanced and effective. 

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